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Trees provide shelter and shade for animals. With better conditions and welfare comes healthier animals and higher productivity with less disease.
Trees combat erosion and protect stock
Natives and those problematical pivots
Totara – Northland’s farm forests of the future
Shelterbelts
Shelterbelts of trees can increase pasture productivity by providing a warmer microclimate. These trees can also yield valuable timber or fibre and can increase overall farm income.
A planned shelter system on the Hunter property at Maheno
Dairy farm planting for shelter
Remember the four Ps: Planning for successful shelter systems
Fodder
Trees can also produce fodder, especially useful in drought conditions and times of feed shortage.
Sustainable Farming Fund Tree Fodder Project Page
Poplar fodder trial
Work on poplars and willows
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Where is poplar and willow research going?
Poplars and willows for drought fodder
Dairy farming
Integrating trees with high productivity irrigated dairying
Organics and farm forestry – a natural synergy?
Earning brownie points for the dairy industry
Dairy farm planting for shelter
Remember the four Ps: Planning for successful shelter systems
Dairy run-offs
In summer, shade rules: The science behind why trees help maintain dairy productivity
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